Yeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah, I'm gonna wait till the cast album's on iTunes.
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--Cartman: South Park
ATTENTION FANS: I will be played by James Barbour in the upcoming musical, "BroadwayWorld: The Musical."
I just don't...understand the point of this? Is he trying to get radio play? I mean if I listened to this album and then saw the show I'd be disappointed? So what's the point?
"I just don't...understand the point of this? Is he trying to get radio play? I mean if I listened to this album and then saw the show I'd be disappointed? So what's the point?"
Absolutely... He's trying to reach a broader audience by attracting people who might find their favorite artist on the album who have never seen a Broadway show. I love the idea, and if people want theatre to survive, this sort of thing should happen more frequently. Theatre isn't cheap.
As opposed to Lloyd Webber, who only usually gives the "hit" song to a pop artist, I love that Weinstein is having a huge chunk of the score. Even better when Frank Wildhorn had pop/Broadway artists record the entire score of The Civil War for an album.
I don't think there have been many concept albums in recent memory that feature "pop" type arrangements... I don't expect "A Tale of Two Cities" concept album to chart, or "The Man Who Would Be King."
Wildhorn's Civil War's highlight version, "The Nashville Sessions" actually reached I think 47 or 48 on the Country album billboard charts... Maybe not the biggest milestone, but there was crossover appeal, particularly given the actual musical flopped big time.